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Colorado - Bridge Creek Limestone, USA

FormationColorado
MemberBridge Creek Limestone
Age:99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
IntervalLate Cenomanian
Lithologylimestone, "shale"
Number of Collections5
Number of Occurrences18

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
USGS Mesozoic D6842Luna County, New Mexico, USAColorado - Bridge Creek Limestone
USGS Mesozoic D11529Grant County, New Mexico, USAColorado - Bridge Creek Limestone
USGS Mesozoic D11483Luna County, New Mexico, USAColorado - Bridge Creek Limestone
USGS Mesozoic D10196Luna County, New Mexico, USAColorado - Bridge Creek Limestone
USGS Mesozoic D10114Andrews County, Texas, USAColorado - Bridge Creek Limestone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Colorado - Sandstone and Shale93.5 - 89.3 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
sandstone39

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Inoceramus pictus
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Inoceramus : Inoceramus pictus99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Exogyra sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Exogyra99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eucalycoceras pentagonum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Eucalycoceras : Eucalycoceras pentagonum99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Euomphaloceras euomphalum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Euomphaloceras : Euomphaloceras euomphalum99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Euomphaloceras septemseriatum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Euomphaloceras : Euomphaloceras septemseriatum99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metoicoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Metoicoceras99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Metoicoceras geslinianum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Metoicoceras : Metoicoceras geslinianum99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Neocardioceras juddii
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Neocardioceras : Neocardioceras juddii99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudocalycoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Pseudocalycoceras99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudocalycoceras angolaense
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Pseudocalycoceras : Pseudocalycoceras angolaense99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sumitomoceras bentonianum
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Sumitomoceras : Sumitomoceras bentonianum99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sumitomoceras conlini
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Acanthoceratidae : Sumitomoceras : Sumitomoceras conlini99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Sciponoceras gracile
species
7Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Baculitidae : Sciponoceras : Sciponoceras gracile99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Worthoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonoidea : Scaphitidae : Worthoceras99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Vascoceras sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ammonitida : Vascoceratidae : Vascoceras99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

References

Cobban W. A. (1988) Tarrantoceras Stephenson and related ammonoid genera from Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) rocks in Texas and the western interior of the United States, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1473, 1-30
Cobban W. A., Kennedy W. J. (1991) Evolution and biogeography of the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) ammonite Metoicoceras Hyatt, 1903, with a revision of Metoicoceras praecox Haas, 1949, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1934, B1-B11
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